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Written by: The Conversation
June 12, 2020
Perhaps the most important question now about COVID-19 is the degree to which a prior infection ...
Written by: The Conversation
June 12, 2020
How, exactly, does a name like Karen become such a powerful form of social commentary?
Written by: The Conversation
June 11, 2020
When Americans talk about people receiving public assistance, they often perpetuate stereotypes ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 9, 2020
To support a claim like this, one wants some evidence other than a slow motion video of a man wa ...
Written by: The Conversation
June 9, 2020
The movement called “antifa” gets its name from a short form of “anti-fascist,” which is about t ...
Written by: The Conversation
June 8, 2020
Vibrators appear alongside galvanic battery belts and quack electrotherapies as one of many quir ...
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June 5, 2020
Several recent preprint studies, which haven’t yet been peer-reviewed, have shed light on the ro ...
Written by: The Conversation
June 4, 2020
The term 'tear gas' refers to a group of chemical irritants that can be used to control or dispe ...
Written by: The Conversation
June 3, 2020
Is Trump’s warning bluster? Or does the president have the authority to send the military into A ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Dan Evon
June 3, 2020
Sorting fact from fiction, fast as we can.
Written by: The Conversation
May 31, 2020
We love to bad mouth processed foods – usually while our mouths are full of it.
Written by: The Conversation
May 29, 2020
Cyntoia Brown walked out of prison in August 2019 after serving 15 years of a life sentence for ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 28, 2020
A viral meme alleges Trump told People magazine in 1998 that Republicans are “the dumbest group ...
Written by: The Conversation
May 28, 2020
News media reports run the gamut from saying hydroxychloroquine is 91% effective to it being bot ...
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May 26, 2020
Llama nanobodies have several potential advantages over conventional antibodies.
Written by: The Conversation
May 21, 2020
Recent articles indicate that some microbes, including COVID-19, are unlikely to spread through ...
Written by: Bethania Palma Alex Kasprak
May 20, 2020
The driving force behind Michigan's anti-lockdown protests — and their connections to the family ...
Written by: The Conversation
May 20, 2020
The rush for novelty can prioritize sensationalism over depth and elevate the newest tidbit of i ...
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May 19, 2020
Followers of the QAnon movement believe in wild and dangerous conspiracy theories about U.S. Pre ...
Written by: The Conversation
May 19, 2020
Wear a mask, but skip the gloves. Don’t sanitize the apples. And if you are older than 65, it’s ...
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